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‘WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION."
volume xxm.
ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 18, 1869.
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UrittOAY MOUNINF, June 12.
Tlic Reaping Match at Cave Spring
IfeW the pleasure0.1 the 10th inst.,
of atteadisg tits reaping match at Cave
Cpri"". Alter the fine showers of the night
Jfore, the weather was still lowering dor-
j„j tin morning, and heuee '.he assembly
there was taich smallet than it otherwise
would have bceu. let some two hundred
it telligeut farmers, alive to progress, aud
ausious to avail themselves of all the sub-
stactisl improvements pertaiuing to their
it'ilile vocations, were there, aud a beautiful
representation bf the Creator s last aud
liveliest work, graced the occasion with
their charming presence.
The goodly number of the most enter
prising planters present on this occasion,
was : r ratifyi/jg evidence of the tact that
the days oHU figyism are numbered, in
this section. a?d "IJxeelsior” is the motto
of our thrifty agriculturalists. It - is last
becoming evident that all who would at-
tain the highest degree of prosperity in
ruliiratia.' the soil, must avail themselves
of the best labor-saving machinery, and the
best implements.
On account of the dampness of the morn
ing it was past 11 o’clock before the con
test coatateaeeij. The tield selected was on
the Lake place, r,ow cultivated by Capt.
Howdric.
The se en Mowing machines yarp en
tered :
The Iron Clad Kxcelsior. and the Wood
frame Excelsior, by W. L. Wadsworth &
Co., Agents—driver, Mr. P. R. Herrick,
travelling agent f.r the manufacturers;
loads Machine and the ljuckeya, entered
bvAyer. Hills & Co. agents—driver of the
former, Mr. G. TV. Ulster, travelling agent
f the manufacturers, aud Col. S. F. Smith,
“d of the latter, Red Shorter, (colored.)
The /lusseil Machine, entered by J. H.
Parker, Agent at Rome—driver, Mr. Ruble
Chattanooga. The World," and Ohio
tuti. entered by Morrison & Mitchell
Agents—driver, .Mr. Hall, agent of the
Manufacturers.
fee following are the judges, appointed
ittlhe Vann’s Valley Parmer’s Club :
A. A. Joifes Chairman; 15. \Y. Browu,
)»Houston county; R. J. M. Perkins, of
Aherukee county, Ala., ,J M . Noble, Sr.,
“iF. A. Glenn.
Hie wheat was good, the grotjnd even,
thi^li rolling, and, so far as we ibscrved,
a badla fair chance in the contest—though
1:1 justice to the others, we would state that
[, ’'river ui tin Excelsior seemed to be a
e 111 ’ ,is ex pert than the rest in the tnan-
th’ *' S ‘ ai "' llne - How much of
it iij was due t; tljo construction of
■nteute, we ware not ablu tg tell.
- ,r J R c. Briuley, of Louisville,- Ry ,
1 1 "' ea ' Jr aui ^ atanufacturer of the cele-
i.:. ,* !rio, - v pEws, was present, and from
r,t experience ia suah things, made
valuatlo suggestion? ia regard to the
»1 V,'"' J3t " f tk * contcst - He is a geni-
, J vsoulej utau, and a real beuefactor
"r'U- "e may have oceaaion to
, ° “ UJle °f his recent inventions at
Mother lime.
oati. eC1I " 1 ? t0 ' OSe this hasty article with
es* ni. our udmiratiou at the inter-
jal . U ! fkd by the ladies of Cave Spring
CUlltY ' ulT'rt for improvement
p«.J r 0 ^;" ^ co 'Htion they had pro-
«> or this occasion was in rich abun-
J{;., '-I" showed them to be complete
°«er ), 5! ~* '* - u,inar y arts - May they
e ia want of the materials they so
n" ‘ 0 ’ t0use -
* ,,,llo ' T ‘ n g is the report of the Judg-
Jlachiai
Wooden Excelsior, to the second place
No. 2.
For the “World” we beg leave to speak
Jn c immendablo terms, on account of its
fine and well executed machinery.
Fo r the self raker or Wood machine, we
are forced to say, it had no adjusted com
petition in the self-raking amchinery at
tached, but wa recommend it as a good ma
chine.
In onr decision, we beg leave to say that
we were guided first:. On what we consider
ed tho intrinsic merits of the work per
formed,
2d. By the prices of respective machines.
Very respectfully,
A. A. Jones, Chairman.
R. J. M. Firkins. )
F. A. Glenn,
J. Noble, Sr.,
A. W. Brown.
Com
mittee.
Valuable City.Property for Sale.
Smith & Branham offer several desirable
houses and lots for sale. Now is the time
for capitalist to invest in Rome property.—
See adv.
Wheat.—Owing to the large demand
foi flour, wheat, in this market, has ad
vanced—red now commanding from $1 25
to SI 40. 1-
Youthful Depravity.
James Kyle, a lad of 14 years, was de
tected by Capt. Webb, Conductor on the
Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad, last Thurs
day night, in stealing a package from the
train. He made his escape with it, but was
•soon after arrested, and produced it. It was
a small lot of tools belonging to Mr. Nick-
ols, of New York.
Agricultuial Implements.
P. W. J. Echols, of Atl.uta, one of the
mast extensive dealers in the Sontb, invites
the public to sead to him for circulars of
agricultural implements, and, especially of
the Needle Cotton Gin See adv.
Personal. -We were pleased, on yes
terday, with a call from Samuel A. Echols,
Esq., Publisher of the Rural Southerner,
Atlanta, Ga. This is a sprightly Maga
zine, devoted to agriculture, horticulture
and home literature, and published at the
low price of one dollar a year. It is worth
several times its octet.
iitth
agent
the
his
p ra! , f ^ VE Swung, J une 10.1869. -
m, e ‘“ * u ™<**’* Club, Cave Spring :
cij,, ;rr tee a PP°‘“tfid this day to dc-
hibitioi V ‘ e . Uerits of the machines on Ex-
highlv int-fi T 7C10 Sly tlut we were
by X , ™ 1 ’ the work Performed
atk- machines, but. upon
trouble t, f'°“ aDd ins P ectio “. we
deeid e th .i u” 1 ! 0 ’ W ® wcre eonstrained to
^galls 1 : 0 " CIad Excelsior, all
place:» — 1 “ red > 13 eatitled to the first
Welcome.—We were pleased so sao in
our city on yesterday, several gentlemtn
from the State of New York, who are in
vestigating the agriauUural and mineral re
sources of this section, with the intention
of purchasing property. They are solid
men. aud would be a highly creditable ad
dition to any community. We are sure
they will receive a cordial welcome from
the citizens of the Cherokee country. The
following are the names of the parly :
A Reynolds. H Reynolds, Wm. Van
Kirk Isaac Hall, H D Hull, H P Smith,
G W Buncos and A Marshal Lewis H
Beck, Esq., and S A Echo's of Atlanta,
are accompanying the party.
We arc informed that the State and Rome
Roods complimented them with fi?98 tick
ets, and Capt. Elliott give them an excur
sion down the Coosa river, leaving Rome
at 4 o’clock yesterday evening.
Jjoup, G4., June 11,1869.
The thanks of the citizens are due, and
are hereby tendered to the City P* lice
force, for abating the nuissance known as
the foot ball.
Seyeeal Citizens.
Peter's Musical Monthly fop May
is to hand, and well sustains the proud ti
tle i: bears—“The prince of Musical Month
lies,” for if there is any one periodical
adapted to suit the wants of all Lovers of
Music, professional or amateur.it is certain
ly this Magazine.
When mnsio is furnished so ohoap, wfest
Musician can afford to be witbont such a
publication? $4 worth d good Music oan-
not be picked up every day for 30 cents,
and we feel justified in saying that a sub
scription at 83 will give as much Music (and
good Music, too,) as you can buy for
§50.
This valuable Magazine is published by
J. L. Peters, 198 Broadway, New York*
(P. O. Box 6429.)
POLICE COURT.
Jas. Noble Sr. Mayor, Pro Tem.
Titos. W. Cox was tried for violatiDj
city ordinance, and fined fitty dollars and
cost—on failure to pay the same, to be con
fined in jail 10 days, or work 30 days on
the street, under fhe supervision of the po
lice.
Frank Richardson, fined for same offense,
and same sentence passed upon his case.
Marshal instructed to arrest all parties
caught rnnning velocipedes on sidewalks, or
kicking foot balls on any street ih tlm city.
BgtJThero never was a preparation so
universally recommended as Darby’s
Prophylactic Fluid.
management op the state
ROAD.
Letter from Hon. Wm. II. Hall—Letter
from Col. Halbert.
Greenville, Ga., June2,1869.
Editor* Telegraph:
The accompanying letter from the su
perintendent of the State Road you mil
please publish. It is desired also that
those papers that have published the let
ters of the Treasurer and myself should
give it publicity.
The letter contains two ideas, mid two
only, which I desire briefly to notice. 1st.
That at the proper rime, and in the usual
and proper manner, his report of the man
agement of. the Road wiQ.be made, and that
it will be satisfactory to all competent and
unbiased judges; that is to say, at the next
meeting of the Legislature, seven months
hence, we shall be made satisfied that this
vastly valuable property has been well and
judiciously managed. When it is remem
bered that the net earnings of the road,
with more business than it ever had before,
are §15,000 a month less than formerly, it
may be well qni'srioncd whetier this prom-
se to be fullfiued at so remote a period will
be entirely satisfactory to the people.
I may be an intruder; I may have violat
ed good breeding, or the official rales of
etiquette, often as senseless as they are dis
gusting, in seeking information on a sub
ject of interest to every citizen of Georgia.
Certain it is, were I the Superintendent of
the property that cost the people §7,000-
000, and the net income of that property
were $15,000 a month less than formerly
—the 1’onndation of all the complaint—
and I were called upon in a respectful man
ner by a citizen of the State, high or low,
official or no official—especially by one who
had voted and used all his influence in the
House of Representatives against taking
the management of the same ont of my
hands—to explain the reason of the dis
crepancy, I would not reconcile it either to
my convictions of duty to myself or to the
people to promise to make a satisfactory ex
planation seven months hence; bnt I would
do it at onoe or frankly acknowledge my in
ability to do it.
2d. As to the second idea, it emounts
practically to nothing. He might recom
mend rill doomsday the acceptance of the
proposition of Gen. Austell, on certain con
ditions, and in the absence of a legislative
enactment to that effect, the proposition
could not bo acceded to. Gen. Austell’s
proposition is now important in one light
only, and that is, in his judgment, be can
make the road pay better, and the jndg-
ment of such a wan has great weight with
me.
I make no charge of malversation agajpat
any one I know of here. I know of none.
I sought only an explanation upon a mat
ter of great and general importance, think
ing it would be given with pleasure. Please
publish this. I will give yon no more
trouble.
Respectfully,
W. H. F. Hall.
Western & Aelantic R. R. V
Superintendent's Office, t
AtJanfa, Ga-, May 28,1869. )
Hon. W. H. F- Ball, Greenville, Ga.,
Dear Sir : Your favor of the 5th inst.
w s received during my mcessary and un
expectedly prolonged absence from the city
on business of great importance to the
Western & Atlantic Railway, and through
this work to the people of Georgia. But
for this your communication would have re
ceived earlier attention.
At fbe proper time, and in the usual
and proper magnep, f sht}l} report, as re-
quired by law, npob the management pf this
great ipterpst; when I expect to be able to
show to the satisfaction of all unprejudic
ed, competent judges, that it hap been so
managed as to promote the interests of the
people, and especially, the development of
the State’s resonices.
In regard to the remark of Gen. A. Aus
tell, fcppal.ej} by §on- Mr. Angier, in his
letter to yon, I’beg leave to say ;
If Gen. Austell, or any other gentle
man with equally responsible co-contrac
tors will take the State (W. & A.,) rail-
wav 2“ it i®i f° r ten years, and will rive
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to onr decision.
B®_N.S. Graham, Esq., a distinguished
lawyer of Alabama, in speaking of Darby’s
Prophylactic Fluid, says : “I know of. no
family medicine equal to it.”
S56» A young plapter named Marr,son of
R. H. Marr,a prominent young lawyer of
New Orleans, was waylaid and murdered
last week on his plantation, in Mississippi,
by negroes. When found he had been
dead probably two hours, and one hundred
and thirty two buckshot were discovered
ia his body. He bad gpgp pnt, it is said,
for the purpose of arresting a negro, apS
was waylaid and murdered by a
gang.
At the election in Virginia, in July-
there will be chosen a Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Attorney General,nine Congress
men, a State Senate of 40, and a lower
House of 100 members. The total votes
registered before the lasf election was 225
933, bf which the whites had a majority of
about 15,000. A new registry is to take
plaee.
iri!!
be rgtorned at the expiration of that rime
in the same conditiop, and with an enqaljy
good working outfit as when receiyedj ana
will bind themselves to pay in the Treasury
of the State daring the ton years, forty
thousand (40,000) dollars per month; and,
also to keep the tariff of freights where it
now is, so that the people may have a quar-
anteed assurance that (he cost of the nec
essaries of life shall not be increased to the
copsamer by thp ipcreased cost of trans
portation oyer this line and ajso, fo continue
the present reduced rate op limp for
agricultural purposes, that agricultural
products may be increased, as well as on
coal and iron, that their- development on
the line of the road may be encouraged
and stimulated—I will recommend the ac-
opptopeg of (he proposition, and the speedy
c’osmg qf the eqqtfagt:
Yours very rcspeptfnlly,
f). Hplbert, Supt.
Who Is the Heiress I
Sometime daring the war a young lady,
of wealthy and respectable parentage, disap
peared from her home in Calhoun county
in this State, since which time nothing defi
nite has been heard as to her wheraabonts.
The last information received of her was
that she was in'this city in 1865, nnder an
gssqmpd name, and the occupant of a house
pfill-famp. Per parents have pipes died,
leaving her the heiress to a very considera
ble sum of money, and we understand that
an agent of the estate is now in the city in
search of the missing heiress Her origi
nal name was Sallie Sprayberry but what
name she may have assumed in the de
graded life she chose to lead is not conject
ured.— Selma Times.
$ad Affair.
Wears informed,says the Hoqtgoipery
Mail, of a very sad affair, the particulars
of which, so far as onr informant could
learn them, are as follows:
About two weeks since a Mr. Strickland,
recently from Grantville, Georgia, married
a lady near Tallasee, or Cowles’ Station, on
the Montgomery and West Point Railroad.
Returing'fo Grantyijle on his bridal tour,
he mot a man the other day, between whom
and himself an old feud existed. An alter
cation ensned in which Strickland was
killed. The widowed bride, with the
corpse, came to Cowles’ Station on Monday
epipg’s train.
Stand from Under—Kimball’s Opera Uoasp
Falling Doira.
We received a letter last night, in which
is stated, “yesterday morning the plastering
began falling all around and it was danger
ous to stay in it.. Near tho Governor’s of
fice tho foundation of the second story gave
way. Workmen are now trying to repair
it, bnt the great defect ia tht foundation,
and it cannot be repaired so as to make it
BfSol’—MilledgevUle Union.
Agricultural- Premiums.
Office State Agricultural Society >
Atlanta, Ga., May 29th, 1869. j
At the suggestion of members of the So
ciety and other correspondents, the follow-
ing premiums, in addition to those of the
Pamphlet List, will be awarded at the fair
in Macon, beginning 16th of November,
subject, of course, to the approval of the
Executive Committee at its session at that
time :
1. For the best barrel of sugar, of the
ribbon or green cane raised in
Georgia, ~ §25 00
2. Best barrel of syrap of same
cane, raised in Georgia, 20 00
3. For the greatest yield Of syr- ■it
np per .acre, • 10 00
4. For the'igreatest yield of su
gar per acre, 20 00
The above premiums are offered npon
the suggestion of CoL R A. Hardaway, of
Thomas connty, a member of thi Execu
tive Committee. He states in his letter
that the sugar crops of Southwestern Geor
gia will astound ns np-country natives,
when the Railroad from Thomasville to Al
bany shall give them in opportunity to
send it np. Thomas connty sells now over
3,000 barrels of syrap. He says that in
Southwestern Georgia the sugar crop
more valuable and certain than cotton. The
existiog rales requiring the manufacturer
or producer of articles to give full amount
of the production and manufacture, will
be enforced for the above and all other
premiums.
5. For the best barrel of sugar
from the Sorgo or China, or
African sugar millet, 25 00
6. For the best barrel of syrup,
from the same cane, 25 00
For the largest yield of sugar
from an acre of Sorgo, 10 00
8. For the largest yield of syrup
from an acre oi sorgo, 10 00
The above premiums are suggested by
Mr. Coffer, of Floyd connty. His letter
states that continually increasing impor
tance in the higher lattitudes, is being at
tached to this crop for sugar and syrap.
9. For the best gin for ginning
the upland-long long and 6hort
stap’e cotton, 10 00
This premium is suggested by Mr. Wynn
of Warren, a successful manufacturer of
It is adopted because, as remarked
iy him, the attention now devoted to the
improvement of the staple of cotton on the
uplands, have already produced a staple
which requires an order of gin adapted to
the ginning of mnch finer and larger
pie than the common upland cotton, and
wbipb will qt foe sqme time answer for gin
ning the common upland.
10. For the best Velocipedist, (not profes
sional) 10 00
11. For the best Gymnast (not pro
fessional) 10 00
12. For the second best-of each, 5 00
oeived, may obtain copies by application.
The Press of the State will please pub
:1 ' -D- W. Lewis,
Secretary.
The aboye premiums are suggested b;
Mr. True, of Morgan, a member of the El
eentive Committee, who says that a little
reasonable and innocent amusement of the
kind will not be oat of place.
13. For foe best dynamometer, to
be tpstefi w!fo plows op foe
ground,' 10 00
The above suggested by Col. B. F.
Ward, President of the Batts connty Agri
cultural Society. He says that in a trial
of plows, it wiUle almost impossible with
out such a test, to decide between closely^
competing implements.
14. For the best large, thoroughbred filly,
3 years old, 8 00
This premium was accidentally opitted
in foe original pujilighed premium list At
tention was called to the omission by Mr.
J. S. Hamilton, of Jones connty, who very
properly insisted tbfjt os foie pfomipm was
offered in the olasses of heavy ‘‘drafts” and
“all work,” such insidioxs discrimination
shonld not be made against the “thorough
bred” or “blood horses,” unless it was the
intention of the committee to set higher
value upon foe scrubs foau foe Woods-
15 For the best knight in a Tour
nament,
19. For second best,
This premium is suggested b;
signed by numerous citizens o‘
Several letters from ipdividuals
Persons who pompetfc fof fo|
will be required to pay speh a«J
trance fee? as foe ejEtopt of foe necessary
extra preparations for foe eperglea In foe
tournament shall in the judgment of foe
Executive Committee, require. If the
contestants, as suggested by^fr. Camficld,
of Albany, shall make a larger parse by
agreeing among themselves to pay. twenty-
five or fifty dollars each, and then electing
fopir pwg judges, who shall award the
whole Vfop rider, or fop gpItoWe pro
portions to. foe best and several best riders,
why it is presumed that no objection will
be interposed by the Executive Committee.
All knights wishing to enter the contest,
can, at any time, £ report their names,
and thesum of money they propose to pay
jptQ a common fond, to he contended for
by the contributors- A4! foDtu-jla pqq be
arranged whgn the tjmo jjf inpefoig ar
rives.
17. The teachers of sohools or colleges
for females, to whom copies of foe preminm
list may not be sent, will notion foe follow
ing premiums on page 18 :
For the best performer on the piano
tho pupil of any . school or college
for girls—exhibition on foe
ground, pitcher, §20 00
Second best performer under 12
years of agf,' 10 00
18. The hard working boys of foe conn?
try will notice the following premiums on
page 5 of printed list:
For the largest crop of garden
com, per acre, by a white boy
nnder 16 years of age, a patent
silver lever watch, 25 00
For the largest crop of cotton per
acre, by a white hoy under 16, a
patent 'lever silver watch, ’ 25 00
I call the attention of agricultural wri
ters of the State to the resolution of the
February Convention, offered by Jm
Vason, to be found on page 61. If
Secretaries or committees wUl report to me
monthly, or oftener, the condition of crops
—the state and progress of the tillage—the
continuation and effects of droughts or
rains, the appcaraace of insects and all ca
rious or Btriking facts and phenomena con
nected with agriculture, I will issue a
Monthly, or Semi-Weekly Bulletin, through
the press of the State, that would be in
teresting to farmers in all sections of tba
State=rbppanse it wonld speak for all sec
tions of the State at once, of the condition
and planting prospects of the planting and
farming interests. ’ jFfulihPfrf ItF
Why shall we not have at least this much
co-operation to begin with. - V
A jarge number cf the Pamphlet Premi
um Lists have been recently issued through
the mails to members and others. Com
ments invited. Thoee who have not re-
| Tlle Ram Atlanta—She Sails under the
Rebel Flag once More.
The Confederate iron clad, Atlanta,
which was built at the wharf at the foot of
foe gas house hill in 1862, and which, dur
ing her construction, was a source of curi
osity to every person - ho visited Savannah,
is about to enter the service of the Caban
revolutionists.
It will be remembered that in July. 1863
the Atlanta, nnder command of Captain
Webb, started down to Warsaw Sound,
about twenty miles from here, to attack
the monitors Nahant aDd Weekawken.—
Before getting within good range, she ran
aground, but was backed off, only, however;
get more firmly aground. While in this
edition the monitors attacked and crip-
id her, compelling a surrender in a few
c ib’ites after the commencement of theen-
agement.
he was taken to Port Royal and thence
North, Vhere she was sold to private par
ties. Recently she has been thoroughly over
hauled at Philadelphia, and is -now ready
for sea. A Philadelphia paper reports that
she is to receive a formidable battery of
English guns, and a good supply of stores
andaiLnnition, and then is to be sent to
Cuba for the nse of the insurgents. Rumor
has itthat when ready she will be sent to
sea ostensibly for a trial, but when once
outside, the American flag will be hauled
down, and the Mexican flag ran np, which
two days after, will be removed for the col
ors of Cuba.;—Savannah News.
From tho Savannah Advertiser.]
Highly Important Ir True
It is reported and denied by those who
think they know, that ten thonsand of those
tried weapons known as “Joe Brown pikes”
have been shipped to Cuba, to aid the reb
els now engaged in overturning foe second
“best government the world ever saw.” Ac
companying each pike is a pamphlet con
taining various proclamations of the ex-Gov-
ernor, ex-rebel, ex-fire-eater, ex-secessionist,
ex-dyed-in-the-wool, unreconstiucted patri
ot, issued by him during cor late unpleas-
qntnegs to fire the Southern heart We
noderstand that they were paid for with
cotton cards, at the rate of five for one.
The worthy gentleman who conducted the
negotiations recieved for his services two
extra pairs of cotton cards (No. 10,-we be
lieve), as a slight testimonial to his well
known tact and delicacy.
This statement pilepce? forever foe ab-
surd report circulated by irresponsible per
sons in onr midst (parpet-baggers) “that
the militia had been proclaimed for again,”
and that he intended to arm them with
this, the meet destructive weapon known or
unknown to modern warfare
Cespedes.
Railroad Case.
In Fnlfon Superior Court yesterday the
case of [Mathews vs. foe Western and At
lanta Raifroad was fried apd the jury ren
dered a verfoct in favor of foe ” plaintiff
for §5,000 for cotton burned while being
transported by defendant. N. J. Ham
mond appeared for the plaintiffi and P.
L. Mynatt for defendants.—Atlanta Const.
4 th.
Carious Detection ora Criminal.
Not long ago there occurred if) foils
sia one of foose ease? of detection of eiime
by scientific means which interests a large
class of readers. A quantity of grid, pack
ed in boxes, was dispatfoed If * todway
train- Uq arrival qt its destination it was
discovered that the gold had been stolen
from some of the boxes, which were filled
with sand to make np for the deficient
weight. Measures were at once taken for
the disp iyery of foe fofef> apd that no
change might fee lost, foofewor Ebren-
berg was requested to make a mioroseopic
examination of the sand. The professor who
a member of the Academy of Sciences
at Berlin,well known for his researches in
to minute objects and diseomparisons of
volcanic dost from all parts of fof FPfid>
„ font ? quanfoy (tfsand from every
station by whiche train had passed shonld
be sent tohirn. Examining those one af
ter another,ho $t last game (o sqnd vfoiph
was identical with that fonnd in foe gold
boxes. The name of the station whence
this sand was collected was known; inqui
ries were set on foot at that station, and
among the persons there employed the thief
was detected.
4 GW of lfofY?i
Ope nf foe njost ingenons modes of win nr
icg a husband ever practiced, was that by
which the wife of Frere-Orban, foe Bel-
pan diplomatist who is engineering his
ittle.conn try through the troublesome rail
road difficulties in France, won him when
her father objected seriously 'to his propos
als. The lady was heiress to tho houseof
Ofoan, jr ffoifo foere tr» 9Blfoi>tod. toon-'
ey- Ber father regarded Frere as an ad-
ventwer.ae, indeed he had at that time
, nst past the har. The young lady invited
lim to come to the box at tho opera where
she and her father were together, and,when
he entered she arose and kissed him, in
fall view of the whole audience. After
that they never heard her father make
any more objections to their marriage, and.
he,taking their family name, became Frere-
Orban,
Cotton Blankets.
Georgia manufacturing enterprise Is pre
senting to foe world something new. We
were shown yesterday a specimen of eotten
blankets, turned out by the Eagle Mills,
Colnmbns that do credit to the State. They
are very thick, napped heavily on both
sides, and beautiful in appearance. They
are said to answer all purposes of the wool-,
en blanket, and are famished at foe low
prices of §5 to §6,50 per pair. Besides their
value as something new, if generaly adopt
ed they will add largely to the consumption
of the staple, with a corresponding ef
fect. upon the prices.—Eepul
26th..
•SUThe Atlanta people are fronfeeled
just now over the question, what shall they
do for a theatre ? Davis’ Hall having beep
destroyed by fire. Wouldn’t you like to
buy back the Opera House ? The people
of Gecrgja are willing to sell, even at a
discount on the cost.— Sav.
paragraph has been going the
rounds of the press lately entitled, “The
Confederate dead unearthed—twenty acres
of bones at Malvern' Hill.” It charge? the
owner of the field with plowing np sacreli-
giously foe bones of the thousands of our
heroic, dead. Tbe Richmond Dispatch
contains a card from Benj. F. Dew, the
owner of the Hill, pronouncing it all a ca
nard.
Rhode Island and the FMceuth Amend
ment.
The republican Legislature of Rhode
Island has, by a vote of 35 to 29 in the
Honse of Representatives, postponed the
consideration of the 15th amendment
next January. This is the second time
snch action has been taken by this Legisla
ture,and it evidences tbe existence of very
decided opposition in that. State towards
Surrendering entire control of suffrage
the National Government.
This action of Rhode Islands is notene
of opposition t> negroes voting, for by the
laws of that State they do vote, bnt the
State Constitution prohibit? naturalized
foreigners from voting, and it also contains
a property qualification for the exercise of
the franchise, which deprives thous
ands of the middle and poor classes from
voting.
The disfranchised class in Rhode Island
are said to be to a great extent Democrat
ic in sentiment, and nnder this 15th amend
ment they will vote, and the supremacy of
the Radical party endangered. This is why
tbe consideration of the amendment was
postponed.
The Radicals arc quite willing that the
negro shall vote for he goes with them, feat
they are unwilling to allow the intelligent
foreigner and the thousands of native born
citizens at present disfranchised to v„te,
unless they will assist to perpetuate their
own power.
This 15th amendment which wa9 intend
ed to secure the supremacy of the Radical
party in the Southern States, will not ac
complish snch a result in Rhode Island, but
npon the contrary will materially damage
it.—Selma Times. '
Missionaries Wanted.
Twenty thonsand New England missiona
ries wanted immediately. Twenty thou
sand luscious male and female damsels, not
addicted to tbe nse of whiskey, snuff or to
bacco, wanted for African consump
tion. Salaries no object. Situation per
manent.
Well authenticated reports from Africa
reveal the sickening and astonnding fact
that in many places where missionary posts
have been established for the conversion of
the heathen, that the Christians there loca
ted have been butchered, and that the cap
tives taken by the different African tribes
in their raids and internal wars, instead of
being sent to this county on board of slave
ships,are now sold as hogs are in this conn-
try for meat. Formerly it was foe custom
for African chieftains and petty princes of
that country to dispose of their captives to
those who wished to make them slaves.hnt
of late cannibalism has increased a thous
andfold, apd prisoners are taken and
slaughtered sold, and eaten; in many instan
ces tribe hunting tribe for the sole purpose
of obtaining human food. The warriors, if
old and tough, are knocked in tho head,and
made into shogyah or sonp,whilefoe young
er fighters, with foe females and
are cut np in to roasts and broils for filling
the stomachs of onr fellow-citizens by bre
vet. This is so mnch better than to sell
captives into s'avery,that we feel to rejoice.
Slavery is one of the “twin relics of bar
barism,” an institution of thi fact- It is
true the fftnqgered Of uncontrolled savages,
as the fates of war in his native country
decided,was brought here, tamed, educated
to a certain point, and made osefol; made
not only self-supporting, bnt a little more
so, for the advancement of the nation’s
wealth, enterprise, and prosperity. Bnt
there is something horrible in the idoa of a
black man bropipg wider foe Southern
qifn, workipg a certain number of houra
>er day, as white work, and receiving for
■is labor, food, clothing, care and all the
edqcatioq he was, by the Almighty, fitted
This slow, inhuman, American treat
ment was[barbarons in the extreme! Before
African slave trade was commenced by
New Englaqders-^feefore ships manufactur
ed in New England became profitable
property for the conveying of -African cap
tives, fakep in war, from foe eoast of Afri
ca to foe ooast of Ameriea, captives weie
sold from tribe to tribe as slaves. The cap
tive of to-day might next year become cap-
tor, as petty revolts were successful or un
successful. With the opening of the s{ave
trade came a better mejM of disposing of
foeqe prisoners. Better for that country,
because it thinned ont its surplus inhabi
tants, and made banting for so-called ha-
man blood less, profitable—and, foerefore.
lees barbarous. Bptfer for- this country,
for it brought here labor whioh,nnder prop
er care and direction, becamo of valne and
profit to master and slave in proportion to
the intellect of each. The closing of the
slave trade has sent Africa backward
hundred years; and now, instead of the
“painful lash and broiling snn” go mgeh
talked of and over fey Mew England Puri
tans and philanthropists, tho African chief
who captures an hundred of his dusky fel
lows sells them for ivory and snch stuff, at
so much per pound, as we sell beef. And
human beings who once became slaves, now
become food;and we lave,instead of Ameri
can slavery, on distant shores, aad yet un
der the eye of Qod and foe hand of Provi-
deqee, a more separate - cannibalism than
existed before for centuries.
So much for American philanthropy,
Puritanism, and abolitionism. So much
for the missionaries; and, therefore, it is
we call, in the language of the late lament
ed Abraham, for at least two hundred thou
sand, more of these New England saints to
take np their cross, their flannel shirts,
their hymn books, their bass-wood horns,
their cheap trinkfle. and hopes for future
salvatfou, apd go at opce roto the rr ’
of Ethiopia, that they may do . a little
something there in behalf of the ones they
so dearly lovo. As stated at the head of
this article, salary not bilge, bnt situation
will be permanent.—Brick Pomeroy.
Railroad Sale Rumors.
The Colnmbns Sun of Saturday says that
rumors have been rife in that city for a
day or two that the President of tbe Mont-
i jomery and West Point railroad intended,
n a day or two, offering for sale the road
from Opelika to West Point to the Georgia
road, and that from Opelika to Columbus
to the Central line.
Tennessee Wheat-—The Nashville
Union of the 3d inst. says: “Two crops of
wheat,coatainiog about one thousand bush
els, for early delivery, were sold at one
dollar per bushel. This is regarded as
cheap, and new flour will open at low fig-
Another.—Spencer, (white,) a route
agent on the Atlanta and West Point Rail
road has been removed ,and a negro ap
pointed in bis stead.
Crops.—Onr interior exchanges report
crops of all kinds growing off finely and
promising well. They have had good rains
and hot sans for the last ten days. Wheat
being harvested and tarns out well, both
qia uantiy and quality.—Sav. Rep.
Matters TS Warbexto.v.—From the
subjoined letter of our correspondent, it
will be seen that matters have toned down
in Warrenton:
Warrentox. May Oth. 1SC9
Editor Constsitulionalist:
Affairs are quieting. Norris was forced
to answer the writ of habeas corpus otherwise
than “throutjh headquarters.’’ Yesterday
morniDg he brought Jack Raley,the sheriff,
before the court (iu answer to a writ,)
charging him with assault with intent to
rob Norris of the jail keys. The affidavits
and warrants were procured in Atlanta.
Raley was bailed in the amount of $10,
000 to appear beforea caurt of examination
whenever requi cd.
Norris' attempted a speech of reconcilia
tion, but failed, nature having made him a
better executioner than orator. He then
attempted a little sarcasm, but the. soldiers
couldn’t sea it, and was .compelled to suc
cumb in a . few. vindictive mutter
ing?. • ■
In the afternoon, the entire party who
had been confined in jail were released on
bail, and an injunctien served on Norris,
which puts a stop to these unlawful ar
rests.
As hinted, in a previous fetter, it has
transpired that personal hatred of the
Codys’, Raley, Martin and Hartley, was the
cause of their arrest.
Farrow and others are expected from
Atlanta to-day. The military are quarter
ed at the Court Honse. In justice to Ma
jor Van Voast and the entire command,
officer's aud men, who have been compelled
to obey the orders of the degraded Norri3,
we wonld state that they performed their
disagreeable duty in a gentlemanly manner,
and receive the thanks of onr little town
for their kindness to the prisoners.
Adguista, June 9.—Letters from Sann-
dersville, Washington county, to the Chroni
cle and Sentinel, states that Colonel R.
W. Flournoy, Democratic Representative
in the Legislature, was murdered in his
own field yesterday by a negro man in hie
employ, who has been committed to
jail. i
DISTRICT COLUMBIA.
Washington, Jane 9.—Revenue
and a half millions.
Bontwell bos realized two millions seven
hundred and seventy-eight thousand dol-
lors
Mr. Peabody has arrived.
Grant has departed for West Point.
Bontwell departs in the morning. Wm.
A. Richardson acts daring Routwcll’s ab
sence.
Tho Cotnmissieaer of Internal Revenue
as decided that persons engaged in the
business of preparing pork and lard for sale
who slaughter hogs, cut up and pack pork,
and render, lard, packing the saute in bar
rels, kegs, and otherwise, are clearly em
braced within the definition of a manufac
turer, and are required to pay a tax on
their sales annually, in excess of five thon
sand dollars-
Hoar decides that no cable can be landed
connecting ns with a foreign country; with
oat special consent of Cotigress.'
The honse of a conservative, whom the
police rescued from the mob, was gutted,
and the furniture smashed while the fami
ly were absent. Several small outrages
and robberies have occurred.
The President has received the Peruvian
Minister, Nothing significant in tho speech
The Herald says :
“The Attorney General is said to have
hesitated a long time before hie furnished
his recent opinion sustaining a Texas coart
martial in the trial of a citizen for the mur
der of a freed man, and that his actnal view
oflhc law as first suggested an entirely op
posite decision, bnt that Gen. Bntlcr said
that he would offer a resolution on the sub
ject in the next session of Congress if Hoar
did not make an examplo of these fellows,
and nnder this pressure tbe recent opinion
was made.”
Information from a reliable souacc iu
Havana has been received here, asserting
that the Cabans were engaged, in active
and offensive movements, and were never
in better spirits cr more sanguine of sac-
cess, Telegrams from Havana' deny the
ropoyt that any number of Cubans or any
officer of Cuban forces, surrendered to
Yolneasada.
The excitement in the Caban Circles in
New York on Sunday eight, < riginated by
a report telegraphed by tho Spaniards that
Cespedes had surrendered. Subsequent
dispatches from Cubaq sources, prove the
■report entirely unfounded.
ry of the rebellion, takes a very gloomy
view of the situation, and argues that we
are drifting into consolidation and empire.
Nothing, he says, can prevent the estab
lishment of imperialism but a determined
efforton the part of the people to preserve
free institntions. Tho remedy, he says, is
not in secession. That was tried and found
insufficient. It must be at the ballot box
Ho oalls upon the people of the several
States to seriously consider whother they
will maintain free institntions or accept
imperialism.
The Press and the Public.
A few weeks ago we wrote anti published
an article ou the influence and advantages
of a thriving, live newspaper to the city or
village iti which it was published. An
swering t<r that we find in the Charleston
Nacs an article expressing almost exactly
the same views. The News say.! “that one
of the most common, but most absurd mis
takes which people make uow-a days, is iu
imagining that a community confi rs upon
the newspaper which it supports an obli
gation,” whieh eau only be canceled by the
most obsequious compliance with the whims
aud deference to the opiniom? of any indi
vidual among the mass of its readers who
may take the trouble to favor it with his
views. Modern journalism, like its sister
constitution, the postal system and telegraph
gives to the public advantages out of all
proportion to the money value at which they
are rated ; and a mau who buys a good news
paper avails himself of a privilege tbe ex
traordinary cheapness of which he can
hardly appreciate, because of its habitoal
enjoyment. The advertiser, likewise, who
makes known bis business through the col
umns of a journal circulating wide’y among
all classes, ought to understand that he
thereby secures the richest possible return
for the trifling sum he may have invested.
In both cases the customer gets his full
money’s worth many times multiplied; and
the assumption that there is any obligation
whatever in cither is simply preposterous.
The terms “patron” and “patronage,” as
applied to the readers and business of a
newspaper, are still used by some country
editors, but have long since been repudia
ted by all journalists who are mindful of
the true position and dignity of their call
ing.
Nor is it in its relations to individuals
only, that the newspaper is a source of con
stant benefit. A live, enterprising and
progressive journal likewise gives to the ci
ty in whieh it is published an advantage,
the importance of which it would be diffi
cult to overate. To the outside world,
the daily paper has grown to be the un
failing index by which the community, of
which it is sure to be in some sort the rep
resentative, is juagea, -Tbc-IHc-onA •=. .
orgy of the little world it illustrates seldom
fail to be faithfully reflected in its news
columns; while the array of its advertise
ments, to the practical eye, is an unerring
gauge of the shrewdness, activity and pros
perity of its‘business men. It is clearly,
then, the interest of every city that aspires
to commercial advancement to give to its
newspaper such a support as will enable
them to keep os fur a° possible in advance
of the times, constantly enlarging the sphere
of their usefulness, and ever, iaking the
lead in every measure of development and
progress. And snch a support should be
given ungrudgingly, not as a matter of fa
vor or patronage, but simply as a business
operation, affecting directly and.in a most
material degree, the interests of the
present and the prospects of the fu
ture.”— Selma Times.
Washington June 9.
Alexander Stephens, of Georgia, inalet-
tcr, in one of the Washington papers to- _ _
day, in reply Rfiomo criticism onTiis histo- swerving. They only knew that they were
nnder orders, and at their place. \V boev-
THE DEAD OF THE WAR.
Sensible aud Liberal Sentiments of a North-
era Preacher.
The Rev. Mr. Frothinghan delivered a
discourse in New York on the day of the
decoration of the graves of the Union
dead, which concludes as follows.:
I mean all who died in the war were
equally victims. The Southerner and the
Northerner—those who fell with us and
those who fell against us—all were victims
laid on the same altar. I would with
that we all did this as one nation. Let us
strew these flowers not on Northern graves
alone, bnt on Sonthern graves also. They
were equally bravof-they were all equally
faithful to their ideal; their valor was com
mon, their feeling was common, their en
deavor was common, and the same devotion
to their cause was common to each; and
each side was devotd to its ideal—ono side
no less entirely than the other.
Northerner and Southerner each cher
ished his purpose, each had hope, each
was fall of confidence of the ability of his
God; each opened his Bible; each made his
prayers to the same Deity who directed the
battle; they were common victims, laid on
a common altar, in a common cause. Oh,
we ought by this time to be able to do jus
tice to the purposes as well as to the spir
it of onr foes. They bore more than we
did; they sacrificed more than we did.—
Their homos wore burned over their heads
by fiery shields; ours were left untouched.
They are obliged to bow their beads as con
quered. We aro privileged to raise ours
as conquerors. I would drop a tear on
one of their graves as quickly as on one of
our own; and I am willing to affirm that
tho guilt was not their’s alone. We were
all sinners to-gether. * * * These
men filled their place, not shrinking, not
Memphis, June 9.—Arkansas papers
give encouraging accounts of tho crops in
that State despite the unfavorable start at
the beginning of tbe season. ' ■
The Hot Springs are filled to overflow
ing with invalids.
Marlcets.
New York, Juno 10.—Flour very dull,
cents lower. Wheat a shade firmer;
Corn 1 to 2 cents better. Pork quiet at
31 90. Lard firm at 18tal9i. Cotton firm
311. Turpentine 44a441. Rosin dull
2 30 for strained. Freights dull
Stocks excited and weak. Money, 6a7.
Sterling 9}. Gold 1 39. 1862s 22*.
North Carolinas 57; new 54}; Virginia ex-
coupons 57; new 61 };Tennessec ex-coupons
641; new 62; Levees 65}.
Liverpool, June 10,'Noon—KJotton firm
ilands 11} ; Orleans 12 ; sales 10,000.
estern wheat 8s 6d.
HoT'Several of the Sonthern newspapers
are writing as if they favored the conver-
of the Republic into an Empire. Are
they willing to crown Grant, and have ti
tles of nobility conferred upon his
Cabinet and upon negroes?—New York
Fjqiress.
The original name ot the “Hnb”
most have been Bosh-town, corrupted after,
ward to Boston.
er they were, let us remember that they did
their duty; they were good soldiers. It was
a great world—sweet, lovely is it to die
for one’s country. A greater word is this
sweeter, lovelier is it so to live that one’s
country shall be sweet and lovely.
Josb Billings Philosophy.
I have heard a great deal ced about
“broken hearts,” and there may be a few of
them bnt mi experience iz that next tew
the gizzard, the harte is the tufiest peace ov
meat in the whole critter.
There is nothing in this life that will
open the pores of a man so mnch as to fall
in luv; it makes him az a tin whissel, az
limber az a hoy’s watch chain, and az per
lite az a danzing master; his harte is az
full of sunshine as a hay field, and there
ain’t any more guile in him that there is in
a stick ov merlasses candy.
It strains a man’s philosophoe tbe wust
kind tew laffwhen he gits beat.
Wimmin are like flowers,a little sqnees-
ing makes them the more fragrant.
Matohes may be made in heavin, hat
they are generally sold here
Mnsick hath charms tu soothe a savage;
this may be so, bnt I wonld rather tri a re
volver on him fust.
tep“Even French women are disagreeabh
to one another sometimes. The other day
two dearest “dearest friends” were in con
versation. “My dear,” said the eldest, “do
yon know that your husband told me last
night that my cheeks were like res: a ?” i
“Yes love, I know he did. Ee spoke of it
afterwards, and said it was a pity they were
yellow roses.”
One John Kelly, of Richmond, Va., is
said to have purchased the carriage used
by Jefferson Davis, during the enrly days of
the Confederacy, with a view to It*
being sent to the Boston Peace
val.